Statue of John Lennon at Liverpool John Lennon airport – Source; anorak.co.uk
This blogpost is not about a new game akin to musical chairs, though given the number of commercial airports around some cities, musical airports might be a game some travelers must play on occasion. Instead, it is about those commercial airports that have been named or renamed for well-known musicians and composers. There are more musical airport eponyms than you may think. Below is the list of ten that I have come up with, along with an 11th identified by Xavier, and a 12th identified by Tim after publication. If you happen to know of any other commercial airports named for musicians/composers and other music-related persons, I would be pleased if you could pass them along. Enjoy!
Source: stuckattheairport.com
- Budapest, Hungary – Budapest Franz Liszt International Airport (renamed in 2011)
- Donetsk, Ukraine – Donetsk Sergei Prokofiev International Airport
- Liverpool, United Kingdom – Liverpool John Lennon International Airport (renamed in 2002)
- Mar Del Plata, Argentina – Astor Piazzolla International Airport (renamed in 2008)
- Mindelo, Cape Verde Islands – Cesaria Evora International Airport (renamed in 2012) – Thank you for the addition, Tom.
- New Orleans, Louisiana – Louis Armstrong International Airport (renamed in 2001)
- Ostrava, Czech Republic – Leos Janacek Airport
- Parma Italy – Giuseppe Verdi Airport
- Rio De Janeiro, Brazil – Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport (thank you Xavier for the addition)
- Poznan, Poland – Henryk Weiniawski Airport
- Salzburg, Austria – Wolfgang A. Mozart International Airport
- Warsaw, Poland – Warsaw Frederic Chopin International Airport (renamed in 2001)
One interesting tidbit – John Lennon actually worked at the Liverpool Airport for a short time when he was a young man. There is a statue of this famous founder of The Beatles overlooking the check-in hall, along with a quote (“above us only sky”) from his epic song Imagine, and an artistic “Yellow Submarine” at the airport’s entrance.
Source: stuckattheairport.com
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Panethos 
Nice post, I give you another one:
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeropuerto_Internacional_de_Gale%C3%A3o
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Thank you- I will add it.
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I have added the airport. Thank you!
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One more for you – Munich Strauss – Flughafen München Franz Josef Strauß
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thank you!
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Munich Airport Franz Josef Strauss is named after a politician.
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Thank you for the correction.
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There is another one at least – Cesaria Evora Infernational Airport at Mindelo in the Cape Verde Islands. She was a great singer, world-renowned, kind of West African Ella Fitzgerald. Check her out.
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How about the Genghis Khan Airport in Ulaanbaatar? http://www.airportparkingmarket.co.uk/airports-named-for-celebrities/
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Don’t recall him being a musician.
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Just out of interest – gave you a good one last July (above) which you have ignored. Is it …. because she was a woman? Don’t they count?
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My apologies, Tim. Will go back and find it.
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Found it – will add to day.
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The post has been updated. Sorry about the delay, Tim.
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Liszt Ferenc (Franz Liszt) International Airport, Budapest, Hungary. named after Liszt at his 200th birthday in 2011.
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Thank you!
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The small Atuona airport of Hiva Oa (Polynesia) has a terminal named after Jacques Brel, singer and songwiter.
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Thank you!
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